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    Slavery In The Caribbean

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    Slavery had been going on for hundreds of years in the Caribbean. The European powers dominated and exploited the region for its riches‚ resources‚ and its people and provided an oppressed servile class of Africans to use as a labor resource. The slaves would work on plantations against their will without any regard for their well-being or livelihood. Furthermore‚ as the industry began to develop‚ the Caribbean saw a major decline in slavery partnered with a rise in indentured servitude. This

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    The Dutch in the Caribbean

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    the Caribbean. The incorporation of the Dutch into the Caribbean during the latter half of the 16th century and early 17th century came on the heels of them seeing the prosperous economic opportunities at the time dominated by the Spanish. In the Caribbean‚ the Dutch concentrated on wrestling from Portugal its grip on the sugar and slave trade through attacks on the Spanish treasure fleets on their homeward bound voyages. Though the prime and most active time for the Dutch in the Caribbean lasted

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    Caribbean Studies

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    CENTRAL THEMES IN CARIBBEAN HISTORY? [30mks] Throughout the history of the conquest and the colonization period in Caribbean history‚ individuals and groups sought freedom from oppression which manifested itself in central themes of Caribbean history: genocide and revolution. These themes were discussed prior to the beginning of the colonization period which dated back to the 1783s‚ the period of the encomienda system to emancipation‚ indentureship and independence in 1962. The system known as the encomienda

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    Tree Plantation

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    PROFILE AND PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR TREE PLANTATION AT GURGAON SUBMITTED TO DOOSAN POWER SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED SUBMITTED BY SUGAM NGO C-19‚ SEWAK PARK NEAR DWARKA MOR METRO STATION UTTAM NAGAR‚ NEW DELHI-110059 PROFILE OF NGO NAME -SUGAM ORGANISATION A. LEGAL STATUS OF SUGAM ORGANISATION:- Sugam Organization is registered under “Societies Registration Act 21 of 1860” vide registration No. S-45975 dated 11.06.2010. Registration

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    Tree Plantations

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    Tree Plantations Introduction For over 10‚000 years‚ man has been the greatest factor affecting biodiversity through habitat destruction and fragmentation‚ overexploitation and pollution. With an ever increasing population and human activities‚ man is consuming more and more natural resources by increasing the use of energy‚ fuel‚ and production of consumer products that are not necessarily needed. Man is very egotistic and believes that he owns everything that he has discovered; using most

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    Slavery in the Caribbean

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    was characterised primarily by one protracted war launched by those enslaved against their enslavers’ (V. Shepherd). Discuss with special reference to the anti-slavery activities of enslaved Africans." Ra’Monne Darrell Gardiner 410004250 Caribbean Civilization Professor C. Curry University of the West Indies November 23rd‚ 2010 “Where ever there was slavery‚ there was resistance” (University of the West Indies 86). Before the arrival of the first African slave ship‚ until the expansion

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    caribbean studies

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    DATE: 1ST/NOV/2013 1. AROUND WHAT TIME THE EUROPEAN MIGRANTS DID CAME INTO THE CARIBBEAN AND FOR WHAT REASONS? (3 MARKS) The West Indies are a group of islands lying in an arc between Florida in the US and the Venezuelan coast of South America. Europeans came to the region in the 15th century looking for spices‚ gold‚ silver and precious stones. Christopher Columbus believed the world was round and that by travelling westward‚ he could eventually reach the East. When he made his first landfall

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    Tea Plantation

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    Assam tea From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2010) | Assam | | Type: | Black | | Other names: | NA | Origin: | Assam‚ India | | Quick description: | Brisk and malty with a bright color and a touch of fruitiness. | | Assam tea is a black tea named after the region

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    Of Plymouth Plantation

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    Response Essay One William Bradford’s Of Plymouth Plantation gives a first-hand account of many of the various factors at play which ultimately led to the Separatist movement and their subsequent decision to leave their European confines for the freedom of the New World‚ to start afresh in “those vast and unpeopled countries of America‚” Bradford writes. His narrative thus spans the years from the birth of the Separatist movement in 1607 to well into the settlement of Plymouth (1647). At length

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    The strength of their faith was obvious from the very beginning. They wanted their religious freedom and that is why they left the only lives and familiar places they knew to seek that freedom they so strongly desired. Those in England who wanted to make that change and prove that their faith was the most important thing to them‚ did so and it proved to be a life altering experience for all who made the voyage. The conclusion was to live as a distinct body by themselves under the general Government

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